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Question for the group, did any of you guys have an issue sparging with the pumpkin puree in the mash, etc... I'm adding approx 11 oz of rice hulls to the mix given the wheat, small amount of flaked oats and pumpkin. I purchased a mesh bag for the pumpkin but would rather have all of the...

So lhbs let me down. Hopefully things will work. I'm going all maris otter. I'm not roasting a lb nor using golden promise. I also could only find red torrified wheat and caramalt 20. Lastly I'm changing the spices up. Going light on the ginger, no clove, increasing cinnamon/nutmeg and...

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Anybody ever done a prickly pear saison with this yeast. Also any hop recommendations?

Stc at 0.5 Celsius, probe in a white labs vial of water, sanitized foil with rubber band around the top of the carboy

Anybody went with s05 and perhaps citra, moteuka, and mosaic?

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BTW IronMC, I did a nontraditional saison. I went with a similar grain bill (no munich though) but added a touch of honey malt and racked over strawberries. I bittered with magnum plus late additions with amarillo and dry hopped with Nelson and amarillo.

So here comes a dumb question. Isn't 3711 max temp range up around 77 or something like that, if you push it higher than that do you run the risk of fusels. I actually think I have fusels in my saison. I used 3711 and interestingly never went above 74. I may have underpitched so perhaps...

Well thanks guys, I suppose I need to research how fruit can produce off flavors. It would be real good if I didn't get that hint of rubbing alcohol/acetone like properties. Looks like I will be resisting the urge to play with fruit for a while.

So I finally popped one of the strawberry saisons. I was pretty disappointed. The beer has a touch of rubbing alcohol smell and definitely taste. I'm assuming these are fusels but I suppose the question might stand to reason- the beer couldn't just be green could it? I kept the beer in my...

Anyone played with the hops. I was looking at maybe doing a galaxy, amarillo, mosiac blonde. It seems this grain bill is a winner. I was planning to dry hop though to ensure aroma.

15 minutes left in the boil I drop it in.

Great point on the kicking back up fermentation. It freaked me out when it happened but in hindsight I should have expected it given I was adding sugars. It will start a slow fermentation that can go on for days and days. The longer you leave it, the more fruit flavor.

Fyi, I added pectin enzyme this afternoon. It said 5 drops per gallon. I chose to add 20 drops and I am getting clarity.

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Well to be honest m00ps, I figured after 42 hrs I would have seen something so I figured let me check my gravity. Mind you I never check gravity until around 2 weeks when I'm about to dry hop for 7 days then I will check again when its time to bottle. When I saw the OG hadn't changed even a...

I work with glass carboys so when I take a look its mostly just opening the freezer lid on the ferm cabinet. I don't use a thermowell so I'm operating off of the less accurate stick on thermometer strips. As far as temp control in the ferm cabinet I rely on the STC. Seems to work for me but...

No I wasn't indicating that a slow fermentation would result in a bad tasting beer but rather I'm not sure how the s-04 will work in the recipe I used which was very much like a Muduro Oatmeal Brown plus some toasted coconut. Also I've never used two different yeast products in one beer so I...

Hmmm... I guess I will just have to give it a go with a starter next time. I just never waited this long and when I saw the og had not changed I figured I was in for it. If it had moved at all I would have left it alone. I suppose this is the joys of an amateur homebrewer. I stare at those...